My credentials were because I work for a magazine (as an art director—not a reporter...). I requested em on my own, but I used my position to do it. You would need to have established some sort of press credentials beforehand—which bloggers probably CAN get—because without the magazine, I never would have gotten past the cops to the press check-in table where my Obama tag was waiting.

Ang,Yeah, I know...I was gone all day and had serious kid duty when I got home. Then, after baths and bedtime and everything alse, Mrs F and I actually watched a movie—a rarity.